#56AFDC#56AFDC

#56AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.107 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFDC
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -13.40, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 33.47, 246.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0646 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.107 233)
XYZ	xyz(32.0810, 37.8025, 73.3022)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFDC #DC8356

analogous

#56DCC6 #56AFDC #566CDC

triadic

#56AFDC #DC56AF #AFDC56

tetradic

#56AFDC #C656DC #DC8356 #6CDC56

square

#56AFDC #C656DC #DC8356 #6CDC56

split-complementary

#56AFDC #DC566C #DCC656

monochromatic

#207098 #2A95CB #56AFDC #89C7E6 #BBDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#56AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#56AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFDC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFDC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.107 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e7',
    500: '#56afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afdc;
$custom-light: #91c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.149,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71731,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.37806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFDC

secondary

#E1BEAD

accent

#783FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFDC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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